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2. The Health Evidence
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3. Our Funders
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4. What is www.health-evidence.ca?
Evidence
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Decision Making
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5. Why use www.health-evidence.ca?
1. Saves you time
2. Relevant & current evidence
3. Transparent process
4. Supports for EIDM available
5. Easy to use
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6. About
Quality
Help links to quality
assessment dictionary
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7. Searching…
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Population
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Comparison/
Control
Outcomes
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8. health-evidence.ca User Stories
What have our users said?
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9. Free Text Searches
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10. Enhancing Free Text Searches
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11. Your results
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12. Keyword Searches
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14. Searching on health-evidence.ca
Example 1
Question: Are breakfast programs in schools
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 Population: School-aged children
 Intervention: Nutrition (breakfast programs)
 Comparison/Control: Schools without nutrition programs
 Outcomes: Improved health
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Example 2
Question: Are community educational
interventions effective at increasing
cancer screening rates?
 Population: General
 Intervention: Community education
 Comparison/Control: Usual care
 Outcomes: Cancer screening rates
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22. Summary Statement
Page one: context

23. Summary Statement
Page two: results and what they mean
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24. Social Determinants of Health
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25. Healthy Communities
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26. Chronic Diseases
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27. Questions?
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28. Evaluation
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